/*
 * Copyright 2014 Gregor Schauer
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package at.dormancy.metadata.resolver;

import at.dormancy.metadata.ObjectMetadata;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * Determines how to access entity properties based on various criteria defined by the persistence provider.
 *
 * @author Gregor Schauer
 * @since 2.0.0
 */
public interface MetadataResolver {
	/**
	 * Returns the metadata for the given persistent class.
	 *
	 * @param clazz the class to retrieve metadata for
	 * @return the persistence metadata of the class
	 */
	@Nonnull
	ObjectMetadata getMetadata(@Nonnull Class<?> clazz);
}
